15th Annual Central California Open - Major

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46 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 22 Aug 2025 to 24 Aug 2025 in Fresno, CA, United States. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2198, and top seed was Fidel Corrales Jimenez (🇺🇸 USA, GM, 2535).

Rose Atwell (🇺🇸 USA, FM, 2232) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Patrick Liu (4.0) and Fidel Corrales Jimenez (4.0). Atwell shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Leo Ni (1735) beat Zhuoyuan Wu (1900), a +165-point gap.

Location

🇺🇸Fresno, CA, United States

Dates

22 Aug 2025 → 24 Aug 2025

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 80 Min. Del. 30 Sec. / / 30 Min. Del. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇸GMFidel Corrales Jimenez2535

Avg top 10

2,198

Participants

Titled players · 8

GM×2

IM×1

FM×4

CM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇺🇸United States of America×42

🇷🇺Russia×2

🇦🇲Armenia×1

🇲🇽Mexico×1

Top 3

🥇
FMRose Atwell
🇺🇸USA·2232
4.5pts·2375perf+15.8
🥈
FMPatrick Liu
🇺🇸USA·2262
4.0pts·2391perf+28.4
🥉
GMFidel Corrales Jimenez
🇺🇸USA·2535
4.0pts·2431perf-4.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Rose Atwell led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Atwell4.5Corrales Jimenez4Zakarian4Liu4Varela Velazquez3.5Sevillano3.5— ex-leaders:Liuled R3, #8

R5 · LEADER CHANGE24 Aug

FM Rose Atwell takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R2–R5 · WIN STREAK

FM Rose Atwell won 4 in a row (R2–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMRose Atwell	*	—	—	—
2GMFidel Corrales Jimenez	—	*	—	½
3FMDavid Zakarian	—	—	*	0
4FMPatrick Liu	—	½	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Atwell, RoseFM	2232	USA	=12B	+36N	+9B	+6B	+5N	4.5	12.5	13.5	12.25	2375	+15.8
2	Liu, PatrickFM	2262	USA	+22N	+10B	+4N	=3B	=7N	4.0	14.5	16.5	12.75	2391	+28.4
3	Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM	2535	USA	+16N	+39B	=5N	=2N	+17B	4.0	12.5	13.5	9.75	2431	-4.0
4	Zakarian, DavidFM	2301	ARM	+26B	+14N	−2B	+15B	+30N	4.0	10.5	12.0	8.00	2268	-0.5
5	Sevillano, EnricoGM	2286	USA	+29N	+7B	=3B	+21N	−1B	3.5	14.0	15.5	9.00	2275	+1.2
6	Varela Velazquez, Carlos FranciscoFM	2163	MEX	+25N	=15B	+40B	−1N	+16B	3.5	11.5	12.5	6.75	2115	-5.8
7	Paragiri, Reyansh	2018	USA	+46B	−5N	+24B	+22N	=2B	3.5	11.5	11.5	6.00	2168	+29.2
8	Taylor, TimothyIM	2162	USA	=18B	=23N	=37N	+13B	+10N	3.5	10.0	11.0	8.25	2033	-6.3
9	Bagdasarian, Ararat	1934	USA	=28N	+31B	−1N	+23B	=11N	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.75	1986	+13.6
10	Ruiz, Alejandro	1938	USA	+43B	−2N	+36B	+37N	−8B	3.0	9.5	10.0	2.50	2004	+8.0
11	Chen, Leo H	1742	USA	−14B	=26N	+45B	+40N	=9B	3.0	8.0	8.0	3.25	1966	+59.6
12	Lee, Joshua Kyu-Ho	1784	USA	=1N	+34B	−21N	=19B	=13N	2.5	11.5	13.0	6.25	1937	+18.0
13	Ragavan, Samarth Rajesh	1916	USA	=33B	=17N	+14B	−8N	=12B	2.5	11.0	12.5	5.75	1976	+14.4
14	Bakin, Oleg	2000	RUS	+11N	−4B	−13N	=38B	+27N	2.5	11.0	12.0	5.00	1901	-12.8
15	Liu, Liam	1968	USA	+38B	=6N	+33B	−4N	F	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.25	2136	+33.6
16	Wang, Leo Q	1953	USA	−3B	=44N	+41N	+28B	−6N	2.5	10.0	10.5	2.75	1944	-4.8
17	Shuben, Matthew	1941	USA	F	=13B	+25N	+27B	−3N	2.5	10.0	10.0	4.75	2068	+11.2
18	Sabyrov, Muradhan E	1864	USA	=8N	+19B	=35B	−30N	=37B	2.5	9.0	10.0	5.50	1987	+30.8
19	Gopalakrishnan, Kritin	1978	USA	F	−18N	+44B	=12N	+24B	2.5	7.5	7.5	3.75	1877	-18.8
20	Wang, Jacob S	1883	USA	F	−27B	=31N	+43B	+32N	2.5	5.0	5.0	2.75	1894	+2.0
21	Gattani, Sarthak	1944	USA	F	+42N	+12B	−5B	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.50	2091	+20.4
22	Nigatu, Jason	0	USA	−2B	F	+39N	−7B	+38N	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1997	0.0
23	Mokeeva, Zlata	1932	RUS	F	=8B	=38N	−9N	+28B	2.0	9.0	9.0	3.75	1888	-9.2
24	Agrawal, Arvin	1860	USA	−39N	+29B	−7N	+44B	−19N	2.0	8.5	9.0	2.00	1831	-7.2
25	Jain, Kanishk	1797	USA	−6B	+43N	−17B	=36N	=34N	2.0	8.5	9.0	1.75	1775	-10.8
26	Akopian, Robert	1893	USA	−4N	=11B	=32N	=31B	F	1.5	10.0	10.0	3.00	1836	-9.0
27	Lew, Evan Jet	1838	USA	F	+20N	=30B	−17N	−14B	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1871	+5.2
28	Cole, Christopher	1746	USA	=9B	−40N	+42B	−16N	−23N	1.5	8.5	9.5	2.50	1757	+0.8
29	Wu, Zhuoyuan	1900	USA	−5B	−24N	+34N	−32B	=43N	1.5	8.5	9.0	1.75	1700	-54.3
30	Silva, Javier	2007	USA	F	F	=27N	+18B	−4B	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.25	2001	-2.4
31	Snell, Christopher	1920	USA	F	−9N	=20B	=26N	=36B	1.5	8.0	8.0	2.50	1782	-15.6
32	Ni, Leo	1735	USA	F	−35N	=26B	+29N	−20B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.25	1836	+18.8
33	Ruddell, Solomon	1992	USA	=13N	+41B	−15N	F	F	1.5	6.0	6.0	2.25	1908	-6.8
34	Srinivasan, Santhosh	1664	USA	F	−12N	−29B	+45N	=25B	1.5	6.0	6.0	1.00	1724	+11.2
35	Bhatta, Rohit	2016	USA	F	+32B	=18N	F	F	1.5	4.0	4.0	2.75	1993	-0.8
36	Shi, Evan	1762	USA	F	−1B	−10N	=25B	=31N	1.0	11.0	11.0	1.75	1762	-3.6
37	Yi, Colin	1772	USA	F	F	=8B	−10B	=18N	1.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	1863	+10.4
38	Hornor, Gavin A	1708	USA	−15N	F	=23B	=14N	−22B	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.25	1842	+18.0
39	Aigner, MichaelCM	2000	USA	+24B	−3N	−22B	F	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	2.00	2130	+4.6
40	Jin, Austin	1880	USA	F	+28B	−6N	−11B	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.50	1759	-21.2
41	Vega, Isaac	1838	USA	F	−33N	−16B	+42N	F	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.00	1799	-2.8
42	Pulijala, Akshaj	1828	USA	F	−21B	−28N	−41B	+44N	1.0	5.0	5.0	0.50	1594	-48.4
43	Riese, Kayven	1702	USA	−10N	−25B	F	−20N	=29B	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.75	1558	-11.4
44	Krishna, Sai	1607	USA	F	=16B	−19N	−24N	−42B	0.5	8.0	8.0	1.25	1583	-6.0
45	He, Bonnie	1763	USA	F	F	−11N	−34B	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	903	-46.8
46	Marvin, Hayes Alexander	1883	USA	−7N	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.5	3.5	0.00	1219	-12.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Chen, Leo HUSA
+59.6
3.0 pts · #10
2Liu, LiamUSA
+33.6
2.5 pts · #12
3Sabyrov, Muradhan EUSA
+30.8
2.5 pts · #16

Top rating losers

1Wu, ZhuoyuanUSA
-54.3
1.5 pts · #26
2Pulijala, AkshajUSA
-48.4
1.0 pts · #40
3He, BonnieUSA
-46.8
0.0 pts · #46

Biggest upsets

R4+165 Elo gap
Ni, Leo1735 beat Wu, Zhuoyuan1900
R4+138 Elo gap
Chen, Leo H1742 beat Jin, Austin1880
R2+114 Elo gap
Sabyrov, Muradhan E1864 beat Gopalakrishnan, Kritin1978